Quantum dot targeting with lipoic acid ligase and HaloTag for single-molecule imaging on living cells.
Authors:Liu DS, Phipps WS, Loh KH, Howarth M, Ting AY,
Journal:ACS Nano
PubMed ID:23181687
'We present a methodology for targeting quantum dots to specific proteins on living cells in two steps. In the first step, Escherichia coli lipoic acid ligase (LplA) site-specifically attaches 10-bromodecanoic acid onto a 13 amino acid recognition sequence that is genetically fused to a protein of interest. In the second ... More
Optical coding of mammalian cells using semiconductor quantum dots.
Authors:Mattheakis LC, Dias JM, Choi YJ, Gong J, Bruchez MP, Liu J, Wang E
Journal:Anal Biochem
PubMed ID:15051536
Cell-based assays are widely used to screen compounds and study complex phenotypes. Few methods exist, however, for multiplexing cellular assays or labeling individual cells in a mixed cell population. We developed a generic encoding method for cells that is based on peptide-mediated delivery of quantum dots (QDs) into live cells. ... More
Qdot nanobarcodes for multiplexed gene expression analysis.
Authors:Eastman PS, Ruan W, Doctolero M, Nuttall R, de Feo G, Park JS, Chu JS, Cooke P, Gray JW, Li S, Chen FF
Journal:Nano Lett
PubMed ID:16683851
We report a quantum dot (Qdot) nanobarcode-based microbead random array platform for accurate and reproducible gene expression profiling in a high-throughput and multiplexed format. Four different sizes of Qdots, with emissions at 525, 545, 565, and 585 nm are mixed with a polymer and coated onto the 8-mum-diameter magnetic microbeads ... More